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>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-021-01682-3
That study indicates a strong placebo effect from patients simply being told that they are taking an antidepressant.

>Give someone an SSRI and tell them it's placebo -> baseline outcome
>Give someone an SSRI and tell them it's an SSRI -> 4-fold increase in positive outcomes
Fucken pottery

Funny that they didn't include an actual placebo group for some reason.